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Am I Washing My Hands Correctly?

To learn the best way, we asked the people who not only wash their hands the most, but desperately need to make sure they do a good job of it: Surgeons. One of our two surgeons washes his hands “at least 50 times a day”, doing “not only a full scrub before each operation, but also before and after each patient [he sees] in the office and in the hospital”.

Although I’m not, by any reasonable definition, extremely filthy, my parents have always nagged me to wash my hands better. Here’s when and how I do it.

I do this after I use the bathroom (even at home), when I’m preparing food, after I take out the trash, after I come home, before I eat and every time I “feel” my hands have gotten dirty. But is this right? Am I subjecting myself and all the people I touch to disgusting bacteria by not washing enough?

It was more than 150 years ago that Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that the patients in the care of nurses/midwives who washed their hands were three times less likely to die than the patients in the care of doctors, who didn’t wash their hands at all. Even grosser (in retrospect), medical students didn’t wash their hands between dissecting cadavers and caring for pregnant women, and managed to transmit puerperal fever as a result. Dr. Semmelweis instituted a rule to clean everyone’s hands with a chlorine solution, which cut the death ratio to less than 1%.

Dr. Colin Knight explains:

Dr. Isaac Yang points to studies to show that a lot of us—a disturbing amount—aren’t even washing our hands at all, a century and a half after this discovery. Or, if we are, we’re not doing it long enough. For example, in one study of college students’ bathroom habits, 63% washed their hands, but only 38% used soap. Then, 32% used soap between 5 and 10 seconds, and a microscopic 2% used soap to wash for more than 10 seconds. When there wasn’t someone watching students, that 63% dropped to 55%. That means 45% didn’t wash their hands at all. Students are disgusting.

Unsurprisingly, guys are worse this whole “being clean” thing than girls, with only 48% of guys even washing at all, compared to 58% for the ladies.

MarketsandMarkets: Global Touchless Sensing Market to be Worth ...

The touchless sensing market has gained momentum since a year and is increasing rapidly. The touchless sensing market is expected to reach $3656.8 million by the end of 2015. The companies are realizing the potential of this market and answering the customer needs regarding better hygienic factors. The touchless biometrics market is also on the rise. The crime rates are increasing and the general public needs some sort of security which is foolproof. These biometric systems are more accurate than the touch-based biometric systems since they are independent of touch. The touchless fingerprint recognition system can take in a picture of a fingerprint even if the finger has a cut on it or in case of iris recognition and face recognition, the features of the iris or the face do not change over the years. The gesture recognition market was commercialized in the third quarter of 2010 with the launch of the Microsoft XBOX Kinect (hardware). The gesture recognition market is expected to reach $625 million in 2015 from $200 million in 2010 at an expected CAGR of 25.6% from 2010 to 2015. Gesture recognition has its applications in several sectors ranging from entertainment, consumer electronics, and transportation to healthcare. The market acceptance of this industry is very low since this is a new technology and the users are not aware of the technology as yet. However, this market is estimated to grow in the next seven to eight years. North America Europe Asia-Pacific ROW In addition to market sizes and forecasts, the report also provides a detailed analysis of the market trends and factors influencing market growth, offering in-depth geographic analyses of the touchless sensing and gesture recognition in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and ROW. The report draws the competitive landscape of the touchless sensing and gesture recognition market, providing an in-depth comparative analysis of the technological and marketing strategies the key players are adopting in order to gain an edge over the their competitors. MarketsandMarkets also provides multi-client reports, company profiles, databases, and custom research services. M&M covers thirteen industry verticals; including advanced materials, automotives and transportation, banking and financial services, biotechnology, chemicals, consumer goods, energy and power, food and beverages, industrial automation, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, semiconductor and electronics, and telecommunications and IT.

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